Friday, September 16, 2011

"Community News"

Church Of
Shame:Music Director Leaves Church Over Priest's Antigay
Statements.A gay music director at a New Jersey Roman Catholic
church is leaving because of the current pastor’s remarks against homosexuality.
Robert Russell, music minister at St. Joseph Parish in East Rutherford for 22
years, is resigning because of statements Reverend Joseph Astarita made, such as
“Marriage between two men is a lie,” - http://goo.gl/0i5YL

A Star's
Name:Patrick Harris added to his growing list of honor
with his first star on the Walk of Fame in
Hollywood.- http://bit.ly/osca0B

Hall Of
Fame: Activists, artists, and others will be among this year’s inductees
to the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Eleven individuals and
four organizations will be in the hall’s 21st class of inductees, with the
ceremony set for November 9 at the Chicago History Museum. The event will be
free and open to the public Chi. G&L Hall of Fame Selects Inductees - http://bit.ly/piaKgw

Image Makers: Who Are the
Queer Imagemakers? Out Picks Three. Out magazine named three
among us as leaving "an indelible mark on queer culture." They are photographer
Ryan McGinley, screenwriter-director Dustin Lance Black, and fashion designer
Alexander Wang. "Although all three men have achieved mainstream success, each
retains a subversive side," - http://bit.ly/obw5yaProp8 Takers: Dustin Lance
Black has two dream guests he'd like to see in the audience -
of his Prop. 8 Play about the struggle for marriage equality - President Obama
and Marcus Bachmann, according to Next magazine - http://bit.ly/pO9EFD

Cesspool
Shakers: North Carolina's James Forrester Equates Gay People With
Cesspool - North Carolina State Senator James Forrester, the
primary sponsor of a gay marriage ban, has equated gay people with cesspool.
Forrester has tried over the past eight years to get his constitutional
amendment that would ban gay and lesbian couples from marrying through the
General Assembly. On Tuesday, lawmakers decided to put the question up for a
vote in May - http://goo.gl/2DREt

2 comments:

Can you imagine a world with no bigots or anti-gay sentiment? I can't. That would be like a world without the need for insect repellant.

I don't think gays will ever convince the hard-liners to change their minds. What gays need to do is convince the vast majority of fair-minded people that bigots are wrong. In other words, don't fight fire with fire... fight it with water.

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